Évariste Kimba

Évariste Kimba was born on July 16, 1926, in Katanga. After working as a journalist and serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the State of Katanga under Moïse Tshombe, Kimba reconciled with the central government, advocating national unity.

In October 1965, President Joseph Kasa-Vubu appointed Kimba Prime Minister of the DRC. Following General Mobutu's military coup, Kimba and three former ministers (Jérôme Anany, Emmanuel Bamba, and Alexandre Mahamba) were falsely accused of plotting a counter-coup. On June 2, 1966, before a crowd of 100,000 at the Pont Gabi, they were executed by public hanging, remembered as the Martyrs of Pentecost.